Pakur railway station

Pakur
Indian Railway Station
Location	Gandhi Chowk, Tantipara, Pakur  India
Coordinates	24°38′16″N 87°51′21″E / 24.63778°N 87.85583°E[1]
Elevation	38 m
Owned by	Indian Railways
Line(s)	Sahibganj Loop
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Standard
Parking	Available
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	PKR
Zone(s)	Eastern Railways
Division(s)	Howrah
History
Opened	1851-56
Previous names	East India Railway

Pakur railway station (code:PKR) is an important station of Pakur district, located in Pakur, Jharkhand, India. It has many facilities, like four 24-hour ticket booking counters, a 12-hour computerised reservation counter etc. There are stone chips' mines & many crushing units at Pakur, which offer a good production to different parts of the country. The PANEM coal mines at Amrapara help to run the thermal power plants of Punjab, as the coal is loaded in the freight wagons at Malpahari Road, about 4 km away from Pakur railway station. There is a General & a First Class Waiting Room for the passengers. The railway line on the western side leads to a freight yard, which consists of BOXNHL, BOBYN etc. freight rakes. A rail loco shed is currently under construction at the freight yard.

Electrification

The station is all set up to be electrified. The electrification of this section was sanctioned in the rail budget 2012-13.^[2] Both the platforms are connected via two railway foot-overbridges (FOBs).

References

1. Pakur Railway Station Map
2. Press Information Bureau

Pakur
Next station west: Tilbhita Station	Indian Railways : Sahibganj Loop			Next station east: Nagarnabi Station
	Stop No: 48	KM from start: 0	Platforms: 2